President Donald Trump on Saturday praised the U.S. Secret Service for doing a “fantastic job” apprehending a “troubled person” who climbed a fence and was approaching a south entrance to the White House while Trump was inside the executive mansion. It was the first known security breach at the White House since Trump took office […]
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The administration of US President Donald Trump moved to clean house at the Justice Department, demanding the resignations of 46 federal prosecutors appointed during the two terms of his predecessor Barack Obama. Presidents often order political appointees in several agencies to resign when they take office, but the abrupt nature of the move caught some […]
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Melania Trump’s invitation for high-powered women to join her at the White House was about more than the lunch they would eat, or the stated purpose of honoring International Women’s Day. It marked a “coming out” for the first lady, seven weeks into Presidential Donald Trump’s administration. After spending a couple of weeks hunkered down […]
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The US economy had another strong month of job creation in February, the Labor Department reported — a result sure to boost already high expectations that the Fed will raise interest rates next week. President Donald Trump’s White House also seized on the news as a validation of its economic agenda, though much of this […]
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration has sued IBM, saying the company failed to deliver on a 2006 contract to build an integrated system to process unemployment claims. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, says the computer company was paid $170 million, but delivered a failed project when the state let the contract expire in 2013. The suit […]
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The president of CNN said Tuesday it was “shocking” to watch the political establishment’s silence over President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media, calling it an abdication of their responsibility. Speaking at a media conference in Jerusalem, Jeff Zucker, president of CNN Worldwide, said Trump’s labeling of the media as the enemy of the state […]
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O il prices were little changed for a third session on Tuesday, with investors searching for direction as concern over rising U.S. shale output offsets production cuts by OPEC and non-OPEC members. Brent crude was down 9 cents, or 0.1 percent, at $55.92 a barrel as of 0745 GMT, with a firmer dollar, unchanged against […]
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The Federal Government has issued a travel warning to Nigerians. It has advised Nigerians who have no compelling or urgent reason to travel to the U.S. to postpone their travel plans until the Trump administration’s policy on immigration is clear. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Abike Dabiri – Erewa […]
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President Donald Trump is preparing to sign a revised executive order temporarily barring the entry of people from certain Muslim-majority countries and halting the nation’s refugee program. A White House official says plans to roll out the order are on track for Monday. The official insisted on anonymity in order to discuss the order ahead […]
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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett used his annual letter Saturday to laud immigrants and their contribution to the growth of the US economy amid President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant stance. “Americans have combined human ingenuity, a market system, a tide of talented and ambitious immigrants, and the rule of law to deliver abundance beyond any dreams of […]
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The Trump administration will revoke federal guidelines that tell public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their chosen gender identity, the White House said Wednesday. The decision would be a reversal of an Obama-era directive advising public schools to grant bathroom access to students in line with their expressed gender […]
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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration was aimed at catching undocumented immigrants and returning them to their countries of origin. The order “emphasized the mission of intercepting irregular immigrants from many countries on our borders, treat them humanely and return them to their countries […]
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